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Gene Barry

American stage, screen, and television actor (1919-2009) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 90

Gene Barry was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City (1952) and The War of the Worlds (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, among many roles.

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2009Died9 December 20092005The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'Film2001These Old BroadsFilm, Mr. Stern1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the DrawFilm, Bat Masterson1988My Secret IdentitySeries1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm1984Crazy like a FoxSeries, Nicholas Roland1980A Cry for LoveFilm, Gordon Harris1977The Love BoatSeries, Alfred NewberryRansom for Alice!Film, 1977Harry Darew1974The Second Coming of SuzanneFilm, Jackson Sinclair, the TV Commentator1969Istanbul ExpressFilm, Michael London1968The Name of the GameSeries, Glenn Howard1967Maroc 7Film, Simon Grant1964Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television SeriesAwardThe Hollywood PalaceSeries, 19641963Burke's LawSeries, Captain Amos Burke1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1957Ain't No Time for GloryFilm, Lt. Roy Koalton1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeriesBack from EternityFilm, 1956Jud Ellis1954Studio 57SeriesAlaska SeasFilm, 1954Verne Williams1952The Atomic CityFilm, Dr. Frank Addison1949SuspenseSeries1919Born14 June 1919

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  • The War of the Worlds 1953
  • War of the Worlds 2005
  • Forty Guns 1957
  • Thunder Road 1958

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Filmography 40

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Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series1964
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2009 · aged 90

In the same film or series as Gene

Yvonne De CarloAlso in Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)Sondra LockeAlso in The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)Senta BergerAlso in Istanbul Express (1969)Barbara HaleAlso in Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987)Constance TowersAlso in The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)John Drew BarrymoreAlso in Ain't No Time for Glory (1957)